Printing-machine.



w. Silfl-TT, awn. I. & D. SCOTT, EXECUTOR S.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FlLED DEC. 15. 1904.

1,232,615, Patented July10,1917.

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W. SCOTT, DECD.

I. II D. I. soon. EXECUTORS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-15.1904- Patented July 10, 1917.

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W. SCOTT, DECD.

l. @L D. 1. SCOTT, EXECUTORS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED DEC-15. 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- an ue'ni'oz- UJMA W M 351 arrow neg Patented July 10, 1917.

WALTER SCOTT, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY; ISABELLA SCOTT AND DAVID JOHN v ermine ra rnn'r enrich.

SCOTT EXECUTORS 0F SAID HALTER SCOTT, DECEASED.

PRINTING-MACHINE.

Application filed December 15, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known'that I, YVALTER ScoT'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and and useful Improvement in Printing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to arrange a plurality of sets of printing mechanism and a plurality of folding mechanisms with their driving mechanisms so that any of them may be operated separately as independent printing and folding mechanisms, and also so that any of them may be coupled together to run at the same surface speed, whereby the webs printed by two or more of ,he sets of printing mechanism may be associated together and be led to a common folding mechanism or mechanisms. Another object is to provide for the case Where the press-room of an establishment may be too low to accommodate the usual construction of tiered machines, or which may be too short to allow of placing the printing machines end to end, reference being had by the phrase end to end to the case where the ends of the machine are the places, respectively where the rolls are placed and where the web or webs emerge, so that, with two such machines placed end to end, the Webs thereof travel either toward each other, or in the same direction, and in the same vertical plane, as they go to the folding-devices. In such case, the sets of printing-couples may lave their cylinders parallel, but they are not in alinement or cnl to end with respect to each other. Other objects will appear hereinafter during the course of description of the specific form of the invention illustrated in the drawing.

It is preferred to use what is known as quadruple nrachines, or machines having two sets of printing mechanism arranged one over the other and each set of printing mechanism wide enough to accommodate a web carrying four full-sized pages abreast thereon, and to have two quadruples placed with their printing and impression cylinders end to end, though more than two such'machines may be placed with their printing and impression cylinders end to end, and each machine may have more or less than two sets of printing mechanism r therein without departing from the broader Specificatidn of Letters Extent. Patented July 10, 191?.

Serial No, 236,933

aspects of the present invention. The folding-mecl'ianisms are arranged in line with each other, with their folding and cutting cylinders, preferably at right angles to the course of the Webs through the sets of print ing mechanism, and means are provided whereby any web may be taken to any folder;

' The machine illustrated in the drawing may be used to produce copies containing two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-two, twen-- ty-four, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-four, thirty-six, fortyfour, forty, fortyeight, fifty-two, fifty-six, sixty, and siXty-four-pages, some of them being onset and others being inset.

In the practice of this invention, I ar-' range a plurality of sets of printingmechanism with their printing and impression cylinders placed end to end in side by side frames, which frames may or may not be independent of each other, and provide mechanism for each frame for driying any or all of the sets of printing-mechanism therein independently of printing jmechanism in any other frame, and also means \vl'iereby all of said sets of printingmechw nism may be caused to run at the same surface speed, thus allowing of the association of the webs, or of cuts therefrom, and their folding and delivery as one or more products, as well as their separate delivery. In case the frames A B are not to be independent of each other, th ey may be formed or made into one frame in any suitable manner, as by distancepieccs or otherwise. The sets of printing-mechanism, where there is more than one set to the frame, may be geared together independently of the driving mechanism for that frame, and each set may be geared independently to the driving mechanism to be connected and disconnected at will independently of the other sets. There may be a plurality of independent drivingmechanisms for each frame, one of which driving-mechanisms gears with certain of the sets of printing-mechanism in that frame while another driving-mechanism gears with certain other of said sets of printing-mechanism, and so on, as in Letters Patent of the United States dated May 8,1906,and numbered 819,813. Or clutches may be usedto connect and disconnect the sets of printing-- mechanism independently to and fromacominon driving mechanism for each frame, such ClUtOll-IDGClHLIllSlD being, for instance, of the typeshown in Letters Patent of .the United States dated August 19, 1902, and numbered 707,101. Also, slip-gears, or gears movable 'along theirishafts or studs, for the purpose ofmoving theminto and out of mesh with other gears, may be used to connect the sets ofprinting-mechanism in each frame with each other, whereby all sets of printing"v mechanism -1n eachframe may be driven I i from one or another driving-mechanism on difi'erent frames may be connected together by any suitable means-to cause them to 'move' mechanism, said folders being I I the same frame asthe. sets. of prlnt ngthat frame. Sets of printing-mechanism in at the same surface speed connecting ijaeir driving-mechanisms, though such con:

nection may be otherwise made without as parting from this invention. The webs perfected by the sets of printing-mechanism in each frame may be taken 'to one or'more adjacent to sa d sets of printlng preferably in mechanism with which they ordinarily 'cooperate, and being preferably arranged transverse to the direction of'travel of the webs. through the printing-mechanism, and

the folder, or pair of folders, or. pairs of.

folders, for each frame, being in line with the folder, or pair or pairs offolders of-the other frame or frames, whereby all the webs from all the sets of printing-mechanism may 'be associated or imposed one on another and {be taken to the same folding-mechanism or mechanisms. The folders .may be of any type'or construction appropriate to the kind offfolding required, and may be driven in any-suitable or known manner either from driving-mechanism for the sets of printingmechanisma or from any set of printingmechanism, and slip-gears may be provided for silencing any foldernot in use. And it is noted that arrangements may be made, by

suitable gearing, for using any folder in connectionwit'h any .set or sets of printingmechanism. I The printing-meohanism may be arranged to print two or more pages abreast on each webfan d the column-rules. inayrun around orlengthwise of thexfo'rm or .plate cylinders, appropriate. folding *mechanism. being provided, or the i sheets may be delivered flator unfolded. Suitable paste-applying .devicesmaybe provided for "applyinglines of paste lengthwise of and i also. transversely ofthe webs, as in Letters Patent oftheUnited States'dated March 3, 1903,'and numbered 721,840. Where sheets or cuts are collected or'imposed, transverse .lines of paste may 'beapplied to them, so-

' that the completed product will be pasted tovgether; thus, a .folder'ofthe type shown in Letters 'Patent of the United States dated July 3, 1900, and numbered 652,817, 'be employed, which folder also collects sheets or 7 least of which isislidable.

from the other clutch-member, asby' a spline cuts, a'paste-blade the'type shown in Let te1's.Pate1it of the United States. "dated May- 29,1877, and'numbered191,494, mayv be used in conjunction 'with the cylinder marked 7 in said Patent;6 52,8l7,- to applypaste to the sheets being "carried around One embodiment of the invention is illus ,trated in theaccompanying drawing,'form-." ing part hereof, in which- 7,,-

$111.91, and the cylinders of each set being geared together. as usual/ Beneath the .85 frame A is afdriving shaft c'and beneath the frame B is a driving-shaft at, said shafts '0 at being in linewith each'other and having I belt-pulleys e. thereon by. means of which they may-be driven from electric motors or otherwise. 'lhe reference f... marks. bevel gearing vfor' connecting the shafts '0 d1with,

upright shafts g at the sides of the frames" 'A B, and h d'enotes bevel gears splined; to,-

- or otherwisefarrang'ed to cause them to ro-.-. a5

tate with their shafts and slidable along said; shafts into and outofjmesh with bevel gears .7 fast onshafts of the sets a of the printing mechanism, said gears'h being held in place by any suitable means, as by setrboltsz', 10 0 The printing-cylinders in frame are alined with the like cylinders in frame B,

andthe like is true of theimpression-rcylinders in the saidframes. I v

The shafts'c d may be-eonneetedto and be disconnected from each other. in any suitable manner, as by a, clutch-Jr aisa as shaft cause it to engage withf and 'to disengage it v m and'set-bolt n.

The reference 0 denotes guide rolls for the .3

webs and the reference. 0 denotes disks for applying lines of paste lengthwise of the. webs, therebeing rollers g to coact with the .disks 7?. The reference 7- marks angle-loars for changing the course of the webs from. the

vertical plane in which they mo'vein passing through the sets, of printing-mechanism "to, the plane inwhich they move in passing to and through the folding mechanisms, itlbe- 7 ing preferred that ,there be no more such. changes than are indicated in the machines, illustrated in the drawing, ands denotes-slit ters forsplitting theweb's lengthwisel lt is'J- obvious that the usual adjustableregister-1- rollsmaybe. used (-not'show'n)I* v In theinstanceshowm'ja known formoffolder is illustrated, the" folders comprising rollers t, triangles 14, rolls. '0, and. nipping' 'leo 'Zhne member' at fold-laying rolls 'w, to which are added cutent of the United States numbeued 721,84Q

and dated March 3, 1903. Sinoeuthese cylinders a y are shown in detail in said Patent 572,280, and since they may be replaced by the cylinllers shown in Patent 721,840, or by any other suitable form of collecting and folding mechanism and cutting mechanism either forming part of orindependent of the collecting and folding mechanism, the details of these cylinders 12 y are not herein illustrated. The rolls t v w, and

cylinders a) 3/ may be driven in any suitable or known manner, either from the driving mechanisms proper or from and 1n combination with any set of printing-mechanism,

and may be arranged to be silenced when not in use. For purposes of illustration merely, I show bevel and other gearing 2, 3 for con-' necting said parts with the shafts 0 d, and it is remarked that any of these gears may be slipgears.

Instead of the longitudinal folders shown herein, which are suited to the case where the column-rules run around the form cylinders, folders'of the type illustrated in LettersPatent of the United States dated October 31,,

1893, and numbered 507,758, may be employed to meet the case where the column rules run along or lengthwise of the form cylinders. Cross association can be had in each case, as indicated by the lines 4., whereon the arrows indicate the direction of mo tion of the webs. For the purpose of sustainingthe webs in cross-associ. tion, guide rolls inay be provided. Where folders of the type last-mentioned above are employed, their cylinders are'p-laced parallel to the rolls t, as will be understood, whether or not these last be at right angles to the cylinders of the printing mechanism, the only essentialin this respect being that cross-association shall be had.

By the use of longand short angle-bars 1* l. Thecombination of a plurality of sets of printing mechanism arranged in side by side frames, driving mechanism for each frame for driving printing mechanism therein independently of printing mechanism in any other frame, and folding mechanisms arranged at the ends of the sets of printing mechanism with their longitudinal axes in line with each other, with means for guiding the webs from the printing mechanism to said folding mechanisms, and

means whereby said sets of printing mechanism may all be caused to run surface speed.

2. The combination with a plurality of sets of printing mechanism arranged in. side at the same by side frames, driving mechanism for each frame for driving printing mechanism thereof independently of printing mechanism in any other frame, longitudinal folders arranged at the ends of the sets of printing mechanism with their longitudinal axes in line with each other, means for guiding the webs from said sets of printing mechanism to said folders, and means whereby said sets of printing mechanism may be caused to run all at the same surfacespeed;

3. The combination with a plurality of double width sets of printing mechanism arranged in side by side frames, driving mechanism for each frame for driving printing mechanism therein independently of pr nting mechanism in the remainder of said frames, and folding mechanisn'is arpairs in line with each other, of means for.

guiding the webs from said sets of printing mechanism to said folding mechanisms, and means whereby said sets of printing mechanism may all be caused to run at the same surface speed.

'4. The. combination with a plurality of double-Width sets of printing mechanism arranged in side by side frames, driving mechanism for each frame for driving printing mechanism therein independently of printing mechanism in the remainder of the frames, and longitudinal folders arranged at the ends of the sets of printing mechanism in pairs with their longitudinal axes in line with each other transversely of the said frame, of. means for guiding the webs from said printing mechanism to said folders, and means whereby said sets of printing mechanism may be caused all to run at the same surface speed.

5. The combination of a plurality of. frames arranged side by side, aiplura'lity of sets of printing mechanism in-each frame, driving mechanism for each frame for driving printing mechanism therein independently of printing mechanism in the remainder of the'franies, meansfor connecting and disconnecting each set ofprinting mechanism to and from. 'itsidriving mechanism,

"ently of the frames, -a'rplurality folders.

mean's whereby'said sets of printing mechanism maybe caused to run all at the same surface speed, folding mechanismsarranged at the ends of the sets of printing mechanism 6. The combination of a plurality of frames arranged sets of printing mechanism in .each frame,

' driving mechanism for each frame for.-driv f [gentlyof pri-nti mechanism .Withtheir longitudinal axesinl the webs may .all be taken to folders, means 7 Ythe webs from saidsets 20 7. The combination of a plurality a set of printing mechanism 'line with each other printing mechanism, meanswhereby the ing' printing mechanism therein independg mechanism in theremainder of the fra ranged the cnds'of the sets of printing means for guiding of printing mechaline with each- "other,-

nlsm to Said folders,

the) same surface speed, and means for silencing partsnot In use;

by side frames, for and in each frame, independentdriving mechanisms for saidsets of pilnting mechanism, a plurality offolding mechanisms arranged in line of the printing mechanism, means whereby any of said whereby the sets of printing mechanism in use may all be-caused to run at the samesurface speed, and means where by parts n'otin use may be silenced.

by side frames, for and mounted in each, frame, a driving mechal'iism' for each frame for-driving the set'of printing mechanism therein independsets-in the remainder of the of folders arranged in at the ends of the webs may be taken to any of said folders,

and means for coupling together said driving mechanisms.

5 printing machines fframes placed slde i move in unison or at 9. The combination of two printing and fold ng machines in side-by-side frames,

with the'folders arranged with their longiaXes in line with each other at the driving said machines independently of one another, and means for causing them to the same surface speed. 10. The combination of two double-width arranged in separate feedingfrom oneormore rolls of paper and each having two longitudinal formers or folders arranged side by side at right angles to the printing machines and the folders for .the two machines beingin line with each other at the endsjof the printing mechanism and means for chapging the course of the side by side, a. plurality oftwo longitudinal side es," folding mechanisms ar-' rangedwith-the cutting and folding cylinmeans for causing said sets of printing mechanisms to run -all at of side with each other at the ends ends of the printin for changing the dlrection of travel of the chine.

v nism, and means for by side, each :machine webs from the course they take in going through the printin machines to the course they take in going through the folding ina-' machines operate as independent presses, or

are driven at the same surface speed and operated as one machine.

11.-'The combination of two multi-roll doubleWidthprinting machines arranged in separate frames side by side, each'having by side folders arders-parallel to the cylinders of the printing machine s, said folders for one machine being in line with those for the other at the ends of the printing-mechanism, with means for bringing all the webs into line,whe reby 'thewebs may be superposed without chang- .ing the direction oftheir travel after being brought into line, with together and uncoupling said printing mameans for coupling chines.

printing machines in 'side by; side frames, each having two longitudinalside by side folders at rightangles to the printing machines and in line with 'each other at the mechanism, and means Webs from the course taken in going through the printing machines to the course tobe I "taken, in going through the'folding ma- 8.-'The combination of a plurality of side I a set of. pri'l'itingmechanism chines, whereby the same. means which the webs to be superposed, whether the ma chines are operated independently or are coupled together andoperated as one ma- 13. The combination frames with their folding mechanisms set at right angles to the printing mechanisms with their longitudinal axes in line with each other at the ends of the printing mechadriv ing each printing machine independently, withmeans for causing all. said machines to run at the same surface speed andto operate as one machine.

14. The combination of independent parallel frames, sets of mounted in each of said frames,

driving mechanism for each frame for driving printing mechanism therein independently of printing .mechanism in any other frame, folding mechanisms arranged with longitudinal axes in line with eachother at the delivery ends of said sets of printing mechanism, and means whereby said sets of printing mechanismv may be coupled together to run at the same surface speedand may be uncoupled. to run independently.

1 5, In an appara-tns'for printing and fold printing mechanism of a piurality of Iprinting machines placed in side by sidetheir v 12. The combination Of'ilWO multi-roll ing papers, the combination of a first printto cause them to run in single alinement toing mechanism adapted to perfect a. continuward a common center between the pairs of ously moving Web; a first slitter in line'with turners and in line with the quarter-turned and adapted to slit the web perfected by Web-members running from said first named 35 said first printing mechanism; a second pair of turners; first-folder means adapted printing mechanism end-to-end with respect to make the first-fold of quarteraturned and to said first printing mechanism and adapted alined webiembers running from both to perfect a second continuously moving pairs of turners; second-folder mechanism web; a second slitter in line with and adapted to make the second-fold of papers :10 adapted to slit said second perfected web; first-folded by said first-folder means; and a a pair of turners in line with and beyond delivery device adapted to deliver the said first printing mechanis'm as the web second-folded papers running in a line runs, and adapted to effect a single quarterparallel to the initial line of travel of one of turn of the members of said first web to run the Webs. 35

' in single alinement toward a common-center Signed at New York city in the county of between the pa1rs of turners; another pair New York and State of New York this 26th of turners beyond and in line with the sec-f day of October, A. D; 1904.

0nd printing mechanism as the web runs, a I WALTER SCOTT. and in range with said first named pair of Witnesses: turners and adapted to effect a. single quar- FRANK RYALL, ter-turn of the members of said second Web, R. W. BARKLEY. 

